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Culture and Society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The present book “Poland – History, Culture and Society. Selected Readings” is the third edition of a collection of academic texts written with the intention to accompany the module by providing incoming students with teaching materials that will assist ...
Matuchniak-Krasuska, Anna
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Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Sociology 4120 : sociology of culture. Lecture 25. Art as an occupation

open access: yes, 1984
Sociology 4120: Sociology of Culture with Prof. Clinton S. Herrick studies art, in every form, and its relationship to human society. Lecture 25: art as an occupation.No audio. Title credits misspell "sociology.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Educational Television Centre; Herrick, Clinton S.
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

Sociology 4120 : sociology of culture. Lecture 10. The work of art as image or symbol

open access: yes, 1984
Sociology 4120: Sociology of Culture with Prof. Clinton S. Herrick studies art, in every form, and its relationship to human society.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Educational Television Centre; Herrick, Clinton S.
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Racial gaps without racism: How English universities frame inequality in access and participation plans

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Racial inequalities are pervasive in higher education despite concerted efforts to redress issues of access, progression and continuation. Little attention has been paid to how universities themselves construct race within their policy texts.
Benjamin Hart, Mirna Šumatić
wiley   +1 more source

Sociology 4120 : sociology of culture. Lecture 05. The art of Ancient Egypt. Part 01

open access: yes, 1984
Sociology 4120: Sociology of Culture with Prof. Clinton S. Herrick studies art, in every form, and its relationship to human society. Lecture 5: the art of Ancient Egypt, part 1, beginning with an historical overview.Minor distortion throughout.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Educational Television Centre; Herrick, Clinton S.
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Social capital and employability development among Chinese Mainland undergraduates in Hong Kong: An exploration of network dynamics, structural constraints and agentic practices

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Bourdieu's sociological concept of social capital highlights its significance in enabling individuals to access other forms of capital for personal advantage. In the literature on university students' employability, particularly that concerning international and non‐local students, social capital is widely recognised as a key asset, alongside ...
Fang Gao, Thanh Pham
wiley   +1 more source

The culture of the digital : Pinterest and digital sociology

open access: yes, 2013
As the boundaries between public and private, human and technology, digital and social, mediated and natural, online and offline become increasingly blurred in modern techno-social hybrid societies, sociology as a discipline needs to adapt and adopt new ...
Sauter, Theresa
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The sociological significance of domestic violence: Tensions, paradoxes and implications

open access: yes, 2013
Sociology and sociological theory has been effective in analyzing societal and institutional conflict and violence, but less so the specifics of interpersonal violence. This article examines the sociological significance of domestic violence.
Hearn, Jeff,, Jeff Hearn, Hearn, Jeff
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